THE PETER HIGH COLLECTION OF NAVAL & WARTIME HOSPI World War One Great Britain - Ambulance Barges
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 154
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Great Britain - Ambulance Barges. 1916-18 Covers, cards and ephemera comprising 1916 O.H.M.S cover from A.P.O S33 at Etaples to Calais with oval "DIRECTOR OF / INLAND WATER TRANSPORT", 1917 cover from G.B to a member of the Inland Water Transport at 1st Echelon GHQ, two attractive 1918 Inland Water Transport Christmas cards, 1915 postcard written by a nurse on 1 Ambulance Flotilla from A.P.O S6 (depicting barges on the Seine at Bougival), 1916 postcard written on a barge with A.P.O S2 c.d.s of St. Omer, and two real Photo cards of ambulance barge 144 on the River Seine, also various reproduction photos. Inland Water Transport items are very scarce. (8+).
Opening GBP 200.00
Sold...GBP 180.00
Closed..Apr-19-2023, 23:59:00 EST
Sold For 180
Sale No: 52
Lot No: 155
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1917 (Sep 21) - 1918 (Dec 24) Covers with enclosed letters all from Sister Millicent Peterkin, working in the Somme area, to her mother in Scotland, a few written from hospitals, the majority written from ambulance barges, some headed from Barge A370, 5th Ambulance Flotilla, or Barge 105, 2nd Ambulance Flotilla, others from Barge 106. An interesting correspondence, some good content on the movement of casualties by barge from the fields of battle to Calais on the River Somme, various A.P.O datestamps. (19 covers + 30 letters).
